Defence ties between the two nations moving are beyond a traditional vendor-buyer relation?into a phase of co-development, he said

India destined to be strategic partner of US: Carter

This is for the first time that an outgoing American Defence Secretary has included India in his itinerary for the final overseas trip

Carter to visit India next week

Ashton Carter will meet commanders from the 60-nation coalition and is also due to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi

US defence secretary in Iraq to discuss Mosul offensive

Duterte had drawn parallels between his crackdown on drug addicts and the Holocaust?Hitler's deadly campaign to exterminate Jews

US calls Philippines President Duterte's Holocaust remarks 'deeply troubling'

Deborah Lee James has also said she is aware of PM Narendra Modi's push for 'Make in India' and the importance of creating new defence jobs

Indo-US cooperation in defence technology to remain focus as US Air Force Secy visits India

US defense secretary said the move will help Jordanian security and further split IS theatres of operation in Syria and Iraq

US-led coalition aims to open new anti-IS front in Syria

The visit comes a week after Obama dialled back plans to cut troops in Afghanistan

Pentagon chief lands in Afghanistan

Ashton Carter's visit come 2 days after Iraq announced recapture of a base south of Mosul, seen as an important step

Pentagon chief visits Baghdad to step up fight against Islamic State

Obama had planned to cut the number of US forces in Afghanistan, but NATO defence ministers have signalled they have other ideas

NATO approves holding onto Afghan bases to keep with Taliban threat

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